| 单词 | thames valley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasThames valley a. The name of the river on which London is situated: also attributive and in other combinations, as in Thames barge, Thames boat, Thames-side, Thames valley; Thames-built, Thames-derived adjs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > specific rivers > [noun] Thamesc893 Father of waters (also rivers, floods)1567 muddy1825 Old Man River1902 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. xii. §2 Neah þære ie þe mon hæt Temes [v.r. Temese]. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 161 Take two stronge men and in themese caste hem. c1450 Sloane MS. 73. lf. 214 (Halliw.) Put therto tweyne galones of clene Temese water that is taken at an ebbe. 1503 Rolls of Parl. VI. 527/2 A Ryvere called the Thamyse, otherwyse called the Temmesse. 1649 R. Lovelace To Althea ii When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames [i.e. water]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 26/1 He beareth Azure, a Skuller, or a Thamise boate, Or. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 383. ¶5 With a great deal of the like Thames-Ribaldry. 1883 Boats of World 4 Who can mistake the world-renowned Thames Barge, with her long, flat side, picturesque rig, and bright-coloured sails? 1895 Daily News 28 Dec. 5/4 The Thames-derived waters show a marked improvement. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 169 The crowning glory of the Thames-side flats. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 533/2 In the London district the country in the Thames valley..is as largely occupied by flower farms as it is by fruit farms. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 207 Thames barge, a ketch or yawl-rigged sailing barge with a large spritsail, common on the Thames estuary. 1977 D. James Spy at Evening xiv. 113 He..let himself out into the early-morning Thames valley mist. 1979 D. May Revenger's Comedy viii. 105 Out on the estuary, a big, red-sailed Thames barge was moving. < as lemmas |
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